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Guides New Hampshire

Birds of New Hampshire

The state's most-recorded birds, ranked from survey data, with when each is present through the year and a life list to keep.

  • Every species profiled with ID notes and habitat
  • A month-by-month presence chart for the whole year
  • Ranked by how consistently each turns up on survey routes
  • Backyard-feeder notes and where to look
  • A printable life list you can keep for years

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A look inside

What the New Hampshire pages actually look like

From the New Hampshire edition

Some of what is actually in it

The 24 species in the New Hampshire edition, in the order they are most consistently recorded. The first twelve:

  • Red-eyed Vireo
  • American Robin
  • American Crow
  • Ovenbird
  • Song Sparrow
  • Common Yellowthroat
  • Black-capped Chickadee
  • Blue Jay
  • American Goldfinch
  • Veery
  • Chipping Sparrow
  • Chestnut-sided Warbler

How the New Hampshire year breaks down

Counted, not claimed

Of the 24 species, 7 are with you all year in New Hampshire, 10 move only a short distance, and 7 leave the continent and come back.

New Hampshire's fullest month is May, when 24 of them are reliably about; the quietest is January with 7. The presence chart shows every month for every species.

In the box

Exactly what you receive

New Hampshire pages6 pages — every species profiled, with a month-by-month presence chart
FormatPDF, laid out for both Letter and A4
DeliveryAn instant download link, plus a link you can re-open for 72 hours
AccessYours to keep — no expiry, no account, no subscription
RefundsFull refund within 30 days, no questions

How it works

From checkout to the field

  1. Buy it

    Checkout takes a card and an email address — no account to create.

  2. Open it straight away

    The download link appears immediately and the New Hampshire files are yours to keep.

  3. Use it through the year

    Print the New Hampshire pages you want and take them outside; they are laid out with room to write on as the season moves.

Free and paid, side by side

The New Hampshire pages here stay free. Here is what the edition adds.

The free New Hampshire pagesBirds of New Hampshire
What it coversThe month New Hampshire is in, free and alwaysAll twelve New Hampshire months, planned before they arrive
The speciesAll 24 New Hampshire species, readable on screenThe same 24, as a printed presence chart and a life list you keep
Where you can read itOn a screen, wherever New Hampshire has signalOn paper, in the field, with no signal at all
PriceFree, and staying that way$9.99 once — no renewal, no account

Before you buy

Who this is for

Made for

  • Beginners who want to know which New Hampshire birds they are actually likely to see
  • Feeder watchers and walkers keeping a list
  • Anyone teaching a child to notice what is out there

Not for

  • Experienced birders after a full New Hampshire state checklist — this is the consistently-seen species, not every rarity

Everything here describes typical timing across New Hampshire, drawn from long-run records — weather, elevation and how close you are to water all move the real dates around. So the New Hampshire pages say "usually early May" and never "May 4th", which is not hedging but the most the data can honestly carry.

Where it comes from

Compiled from

USGS Breeding Bird Survey · State fish & wildlife agencies. How each of these is used in the New Hampshire edition, and which figures are measured rather than modeled, is set out in the methodology.

Questions

Before you decide

Is this specific to New Hampshire, or a national guide with the name swapped in?

It is built from New Hampshire's own data. The species list is the one recorded on New Hampshire survey routes, ranked by how consistently each turns up — 24 species in this edition.

Where does the New Hampshire species list come from?

It is drawn from the USGS Breeding Bird Survey routes that run through New Hampshire, ranked by how consistently each species is recorded.

How accurate is the timing for New Hampshire?

It describes typical timing across New Hampshire drawn from long-run records, and because weather, elevation and habitat move real New Hampshire dates around it says "usually early May" rather than "May 4th".

Is it worth paying when the New Hampshire pages here are free?

The free New Hampshire pages are the month you are in; this is the whole New Hampshire year, planned before it arrives and printable, so you are not holding a screen in the garden.

Will it work for my part of New Hampshire, or just the big cities?

It is written at state resolution — New Hampshire as a whole, with regional notes where New Hampshire genuinely differs end to end, and nothing behind it is recorded finely enough to honestly promise more than that.

What format is the New Hampshire edition, and can I print it?

A PDF laid out for both Letter and A4, one page per sheet — printing it is the point, since the New Hampshire pages are made to be carried outside.

What if the New Hampshire guide is not what I expected?

Email hello@birchcompass.com within 30 days for a full refund on the New Hampshire edition, and keep the files either way — asking for them back would be theatre.

Details

Format: PDF, laid out for Letter and A4. Delivery: an instant download link, plus a link you can re-open for 72 hours. Refunds: full refund within 30 days, no questions — email hello@birchcompass.com.

Prefer to read online first? The free New Hampshire birds reference covers the same ground on screen.

The rest of the New Hampshire shelf

Also for New Hampshire